Name: Tennessee: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist? Tracker data
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Tennessee: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?

Compare sourced statements from candidates and officials in Tennessee on license-plate camera networks.

This tracker covers fixed camera networks that log passing vehicles and let agencies search their movements. A warrant rule, a funding pause or a shorter retention period is not the same as a ban, so each statement is placed on the specific remedy the speaker supports. Each position names its speaker and links its source.

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Beau Hawk

Democratic nominee for Knox County mayor

Democrat / Tennessee / Knox County

Pause or moratorium

Until we kind of ensure that those protections are in place to make sure that people’s constitutional rights are protected, I would not support Flock cameras.

Hawk said that until protections for people's constitutional rights are in place, he would not support Flock cameras.

Jul 30, 2026 · Source: Do Knox Co. mayoral candidates Beau Hawk and Betsy Henderson support Flock cameras?

Statement details Speaker profile

Stateor

End the network

Ban the cameras or cancel the contract.

2 Independent or other

Restrict it

Cut funding, pause, require warrants, or limit how data is kept and shared.

2 Republican3 Democrat1 Independent or other

Keep using it

Defend current use as an investigative tool.

1 Republican

9 statements from officials and candidates are counted in Tennessee. 1 more is critical without naming a remedy.

Candidates in the same race

Races where more than one candidate has a recorded position, ordered by how far apart the candidates are on the steps above.

Tennessee governor

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BanKeep

Marsha BlackburnRepublicanKeep using
Blackburn told the Nashville Banner she supports license-plate readers, Flock cameras and other automated surveillance as public-safety tools. She distinguished reading a plate from round-the-clock monitoring.
Aug 12, 2026 · Source: Tennessee's political winds appear to be shifting on license plate readers
Jerri GreenDemocratLimit retention and use
Green supports targeted police technology but rejects unregulated mass surveillance and calls for statewide limits on retention, access, and data sharing.
Aug 28, 2026 · Source: Jerri Green, What the Flock are we doing?
Lauren PinkstonIndependent or otherLimit retention and use
Pinkston supports limited ALPR use for investigations with short retention, verified matches, case-linked searches, and controlled interagency sharing.
Sep 27, 2026 · Source: Lauren Pinkston for Tennessee, issues platform
David HatleyIndependent or otherBan or remove
Hatley says Flock cameras are not the way to solve crimes and wants spending redirected to detectives.
Sep 23, 2026 · Source: David Hatley interview on The Todd Starnes Show

How positions are placed

Each statement is placed on the strongest remedy the speaker firmly supports. When a speaker offers alternatives, such as a ban or tighter regulation, the statement is placed on the milder one. A placement describes that statement alone. It does not summarize everything the speaker has said.

Criticism of misuse is not, by itself, a call to end the cameras. Statements that criticize the systems without naming a remedy are listed separately. Companies, advocacy groups and researchers appear for reference and are not counted in the totals.

A candidate or official with no statement on record has no position here. Address results match statewide offices, the U.S. House district, state legislative districts, and city or county offices for the address you enter.

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